[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5944. Mr. MARKEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1254. STABILITY ACROSS THE TAIWAN STRAIT.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) United States engagement with Taiwan should include 
     actions, activities, and programs that mutually benefit the 
     United States and Taiwan such as--
       (A) people-to-people exchanges;
       (B) bilateral and multilateral economic cooperation; and
       (C) assisting Taiwan's efforts to participate in 
     international institutions;
       (2) the United States should pursue new engagement 
     initiatives with Taiwan, such as--
       (A) enhancing cooperation on science and technology;
       (B) joint infrastructure development in third countries;
       (C) renewable energy and environmental sustainability 
     development; and
       (D) investment screening coordination;
       (3) the United States should expand its financial support 
     for the Global Cooperation and Training Framework, and 
     encourage like-minded countries to co-sponsor workshops, to 
     showcase Taiwan's capacity to contribute to solving global 
     challenges in the face of the Government of the PRC's 
     campaign to isolate Taiwan in the international community;
       (4) to advance the goals of the April 2021 Department of 
     State guidance expanding unofficial United States-Taiwan 
     contacts, the United States, Taiwan, and Japan should aim to 
     host Global Cooperation and Training Framework workshops 
     timed to coincide with plenaries and other meetings of 
     international organizations;
       (5) the United States should support efforts to engage 
     regional counterparts in Track 1.5 and Track 2 dialogues on 
     the stability across the Taiwan Strait, which are important 
     for increasing strategic awareness amongst all parties and 
     the avoidance of conflict;
       (6) bilateral confidence-building measures and crisis 
     stability dialogues between the United States and the PRC are 
     important mechanisms for maintaining deterrence and stability 
     across the Taiwan Strait and should be prioritized; and
       (7) the United States and the PRC should prioritize the use 
     of a fully operational military crisis hotline to provide a 
     mechanism for the leadership of the two countries to 
     communicate directly in order to quickly resolve 
     misunderstandings that could lead to military escalation.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations for the Global 
     Cooperation and Training Framework.--There are authorized to 
     be appropriated for the Global Cooperation and Training 
     Framework under the Economic Support Fund authorized under 
     section 531 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2346), $6,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 
     2025, which may be expended for
       (c) trainings and activities that increase Taiwan's 
     economic and international integration.
       (c) Supporting Confidence Building Measures and Stability 
     Dialogues.--
       (1) Annual report.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of 
     Defense, shall submit an unclassified report, with a 
     classified annex, to the appropriate committees of Congress 
     that includes--
       (A) a description of all military-to-military dialogues and 
     confidence-building measures between the United States and 
     the PRC during the 10-year period ending on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act;
       (B) a description of all bilateral and multilateral 
     diplomatic engagements with the PRC in which cross-Strait 
     issues were discussed during such 10-year period, including 
     Track 1.5 and Track 2 dialogues;
       (C) a description of the efforts in the year preceding the 
     submission of the report to conduct engagements described in 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B); and
       (D) a description of how and why the engagements described 
     in subparagraphs (A) and (B) have changed in frequency or 
     substance during such 10-year period.
       (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated for the Department of State, and, as 
     appropriate, the Department of Defense, no less than 
     $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2025, 
     which shall be used to support existing Track 1.5 and Track 2 
     strategic dialogues facilitated by independent nonprofit 
     organizations in which participants meet to discuss cross-
     Strait stability issues.
       (d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
       (3) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
       (4) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (5) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (6) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives.
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